Marketing Against The Grain

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5 Huge Trends That Will Change Marketing In 2023 Dec 22, 2022

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Google AdWord's cost per lead has increased by 91%.

Kipp and Kieran get into a heated debate over the channels and tactics you use and how they are going to evolve in 2023. Press play to learn how to think about advertising, search, and email in the future and a behind-the-scenes look at how the world of marketing is on this precipice of massive change (and how you can get ahead).

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How To Start A Cult Brand | Lessons From Peloton, Nike, and CrossFit Dec 20, 2022

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What can a cult leader teach an entrepreneur? It may be more than you think.

Kipp and Kieran go on a deep dive into cults and how they can teach you to build a cult brand today. We’ll go over the core principles of being a cult brand, why today is a great opportunity to build a cult brand, and a brief history of cults and how those characteristics can turn YOUR business into the next cult brand.

Links Mentioned

The Culting of Brands by Douglas Atkin https://www.amazon.com/Culting-Brands-Turn-Customers-Believers/dp/1591840961
Our episode on marketing Pickleball as CMOs for the day https://link.chtbl.com/DNZ6xFJR

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

6 A.I. Tools That Will Save You 1-Hour/Day Dec 16, 2022

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Kipp and Kieran bring the heat with six AI tools that will TRANSFORM the way you work and scale you to the next level.

Press play to listen to how these tools will uplevel you and your team with the power of AI through file organization, content marketing, memorizing your online search, and more!

AI tools mentioned:

MEM AI https://get.mem.ai/
Interior AI https://interiorai.com/
PepperContent https://www.peppercontent.io/
Heyday https://heyday.xyz/
Windsor https://www.windsor.io/
Boomy https://boomy.com/

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How To Sell Big Ideas. Dec 15, 2022

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Kipp and Kieran go behind the scenes on how to pitch your business, your strategy, and your ideas. Press play to unlock:

How to structure problems into opportunities
The power of simplification
Kipp and Kieran’s personal process on how YOU can sell yourself
Kieran’s SECRET SAUCE to pitching yourself to success

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How To Be #1 In Your Industry | Lessons From MrBeast, Zoom & Peloton w/ Christopher Lochhead Dec 13, 2022

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In tech categories, one company earns 76% of the total market cap/market capitalization in any given market category. What’s up with that?

Christopher Lochhead joins the show to talk ALL about category creation:

what does the rise of influencers/individual brands mean for category creation
Creating a personal brand is bull****
Is being a content creator a real business?
Have we monetized marketing & entrepreneurship stupidity at scale?
Why comparison marketing is trash

About Christopher Lochhead:

3x CMO. #1 Apple business podcaster and #1 Amazon marketing author. Christopher's first book, Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets, has been called “the bible of category design” and is in the top 1% of business books.

Check out Christopher’s work!

Twitter https://twitter.com/lochhead
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherlochhead?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Flochhead.com%2F
Category Pirates blog https://www.categorypirates.com/

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Marketing Execs React To The Netflix Pepsi Documentary Dec 08, 2022

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How do you build differentiation for a commoditized product?

Kipp and Kieran get into the logistics of the Cola wars. Press play to find out:

Focus on your audience vs. product values/features
Comparison marketing in an undifferentiated world
Which Cola company pioneered influencer marketing
How to attach your brand to pop culture to create more relevancy

If you like this episode, check out our episode with Steph Smith on the future of businesses in AI! https://link.chtbl.com/YJ8gm3Jq

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‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

This OpenAI Update Is Going To Replace Google Search with Ben Tossell Dec 06, 2022

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Chat GPT just became public - what does this mean for Google search?

Ben Tossell joins Kipp and Kieran to dive deep into the world of AI and the newest updates that may give Google search a run for its money. Press play to find out how AI is going to change the relationship between publishers, the logistics of Google’s monetization model, how AI will open peoples’ creativity, and more!

About Ben Tossell

Founder of Makerpad, a software that teaches anyone how to build their ideas, without writing code. Tossell sold it to Zapier in 2021 and continues to run the company within Zapier. He runs a daily AI newsletter that’s read by over 10,000 others from Google, a16z, Sequoia, Amazon, Meta, and more.

Check out Ben’s work!

Twitter https://twitter.com/bentossell

Newsletter https://bensbites.beehiiv.com/

Website https://bentossell.com/

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Host Links:

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

Breaking Down Airbnb’s Brand Marketing Strategy Dec 01, 2022

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Airbnb has ditched performance marketing and has gone all in on brand marketing. What are the logistics and strategy behind that?

Kipp and Kieran do a deep dive into Airbnb and the frameworks they’ve used to build their brand:

how you can invest in your brand with measurables/unmeasurables
frameworks to capture/create demand
doubling down on skills that you have and leaning into your team's strengths

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Host Links:

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Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

How Bob Iger Took Disney’s Stock from $50B to $275B Nov 29, 2022

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Can Bob Iger save Disney from their downward spiral?

Kipp and Kieran are back with unsolicited business advice for Bob Iger and Disney. Press play to discover what business moves have paid off for Disney, which business moves are killing Disney, and tips on how they can rise up from their downfall and make an even bigger splash.

Links mentioned:

Kieran’s viral tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod/video/7166969654471200046?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

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We really appreciate your support.

Host Links:

Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar

Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

The #1 Turkey Marketing Campaign For Thanksgiving 2022 Nov 24, 2022

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This company used its creative marketing skills to become #1 in Turkeys through this strategy.

Kipp and Kieran are here for a thanksgiving themed episode, with major business takeaways. Press play to find out the strength in playing into nationwide events, understanding your customers’ pain points, problem-solving for those pain points, and creating genius branding.

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Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain!

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We really appreciate your support.

Host Links:

Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar

Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat

‘Marketing Against The Grain’ is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.